July 29, 2011

MINUTES
Monday, July 29, 2011 at 1:00 p.m.
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 416
San Francisco, California

1. Call to order and roll call
The meeting was called to order by Task Force Chair Shona Gochenaur at 1:01 p.m.
Present:
Shona Gochenaur -- Chair
David Goldman – Vice Chair
Mary Schroeder
Martin Olive
Kevin Reed
Sarah Shrader
Patrick Goggin
Albert Blais
Michelle Aldrich
Maureen Burns
Stewart Rhoads
Stephanie Tucker
Absent: Raymond Gamley (excused)
Erich Pearson (excused)

2. Approval of Minutes of July 11, 2011 meeting
There were no public comments. Minutes were approved.

3. Approval of Agenda for July 27, 2011 meeting
Discussion was held, public comments were made, and the agenda was approved:
• to move discussion of Attorney General document of April 11, 2011 “Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use” to later in the agenda, after discussion on the task force annual report to the Board of Supervisors
• to discuss and decide whether the task force should formally recommend to the Board of Supervisors to reappoint task force members who are reapplying for their seats

4. Public Comments
Public comments were made.

5. Recommend to the Rules Committee and Board of Supervisors to reappoint Medical Cannabis Task Force members who are reapplying for their seats.
Discussion was held. Public comments were made.
• Voted and approved to recommend David Goldman for seat #2.
• Voted and approved to recommend Martin Olive for seat #6
• Voted and approved to recommend Sarah Shrader for seat #8
• Voted and approved to recommend Michelle Alrich for seat #12
Additional comments were made by task force members. Point of order comment was made that this item was not Sunshine’d and announced to the public prior to the meeting.


6. Committee and working group reports and draft recommendations for the annual report
a. Legal/Legislative Committee
Patrick Goggin reported for the Legal/Legislative Committee. The committee did not meet between the last meeting of July 11, 2011 and the current meeting. The next committee meeting will be held the following week on August 5, 2011.

b. Patient Advocacy Committee
Shona Gochenhaur reported for the Patient Advocacy Committee. She presented a document from the committee “Patient Concerns & Proposed Solutions.” Discussion was held and public comments made. It was recommended and approved to move the document to the annual report subcommittee. Request was made to have an attorney at the annual report subcommittee.

c. Cultivation Committee
Chad Connors reported for the Cultivation Committee. There were four motions discussed.
i. Brent Saupe reported and presented on “Self-consumption Garden framework,” recommending not increasing the size of collective gardens but allow an increase in the number of patients. Discussion was held. Motion to have the document go to the Legal/Legislative Committee before going to the annual report subcommittee.
ii. Stewart Rhoads presented “Medical Cannabis Collective Registration” and “San Francisco Medical Cannabis Collective Agreement.” Discussion was held. Chad Connors presented “findings for standard of collective forms.” Discussion continued.
iii. Chad Connor presented the issue of calculating the right amount of medication for patients (from collective gardens) and no legal way of positioning the medicine, and adding language with “non-dispensing medical cannabis collective may provide California dispensaries with medicine.”
iv. Shona Gochenhaur covered Compassionate Care Facilities language and that it is still a work in progress.
Task force discussion was held. Public comments were heard. Voted and approved to have:
• Item (i) “Self-Consumptive Garden framework” document be reviewed by the Legal/Legislative Committee before going to the annual report subcommittee.
• Item (ii) medical cannabis collective forms be sent to the annual report subcommittee.
• Item (iii) adding language “non-dispensing medical cannabis collective may provide California dispensaries with medicine” be sent to the annual report subcommittee.

7. Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at 4:01 p.m.

Minutes taken by Carol Lei